Public Domain Day 2026 While January 1st is celebrated the world over as New Year’s Day, the date is also known as Public Domain Day. Public Domain Day brings awareness to works and creations which lose their copyright protections and enter the public domain. Beginning on January 1st, 2026, works published or produced during the Read More

January 1st is celebrated as Public Domain Day. Each year, works that are no longer covered by copyright protection are added to the public domain. For 2025, books published in 1929 and sound recordings released in 1924 are now in the public domain and can be used to create new material without the author’s permission. Read More